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AFVi Registration Now Open

February 20, 2008
• by Staff

LAS VEGAS- The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) invites you to start the process of checking out the 14th Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference + Expo 2008, and then sign up to attend. The conference is scheduled on May 11-14, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Register before Feb. 29 to take advantage of early registration pricing. Not only will attendees save money; they will be attending the conference for fleets and decision-makers exclusively devoted to all alternative fuels, vehicles and advanced technologies. Our conference “Learning Marketplace” provides a venue where you can learn from leading industry and government experts and see the vehicles, technologies and services available for purchase.

AFVi concurrent sessions complement the general session proceedings, which features keynote presentations by Amy Myers Jaffe, head of the Baker Institute Energy Forum; race car icon Bobby Rahal; and billionaire entrepreneur and chief of BP Capital, T. Boone Pickens. The AF&V Conference & Expo features more than 125 exhibitors from all corners of the globe, as well as a Ride-n-Drive showcasing light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. The 2008 Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference concurrent session lineup is organized around the categories of electric drive, fuels & fueling, money, policy, and vehicles.

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